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Today i found out that i streched my pouch



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It's not that I couldn't stop eating 4oz was not enough for me. In the hospital I was eating more then 4 oz. I really don't think I ate alot at all.

You could eat in the hospital??? I could only tolerate a medicine cup of liquid.

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I am very confused ????

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Eating in the hospital? All I got was ice chips until my third day and that was after I left hospital. Something isn't right.

Me too I still struggle with anything purée 4 oz liquid no problem and I am 3 weeks post..

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It's physically impossible for you to have stretched your sleeve within 7 weeks by your own doing. I think you have either been given the wrong diagnoses or your surgeon is at fault. My surgeon says that it takes constant abuse of your sleeve (as in over a year) to stretch it. At 7 weeks out there's just no way you could of done this' date=' plus you would be very sick all the time.

I would seek a second opinion and check your surgeons work by let getting another surgeon to look at the photos taken after surgery.[/quote']

I asked my surgeon about this he said that's its impossible because It will start to leak but won't stretch that quick

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Where did you have your surgery? This all sounds very bizarre to me! I couldn't drink a medicine cup of Gatorade until 3 days post op! I couldn't even imagine trying to eat a cream of anything Soup.

Sorry I have no advice and I hope this gets figured out for you soon. There is absolutely no way you've stretched your sleeve! Demand a swallow test. You can see on the X-ray machine how small (or not) your stomach is.

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I am not trying to be funny but I think you are either confused with what your surgeon is telling you or maybe you had a different surgery cause what you are telling us is not scientifically possible :(

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You can see it on X-ray too

You can see the staple line clearly and the stomach.

Demand a simple X-ray

I have copies of my X-ray my dr gave it to me because I wanted to show everyone my staples lol

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I am not trying to be funny but I think you are either confused with what your surgeon is telling you or maybe you had a different surgery cause what you are telling us is not scientifically possible <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':(' />

Well I'm sorry that you feel that way. I didn't make this post to prove anything to you. I simply posted it because I wanted to know if anyone else went thru the same thing.

He did X-rays today's and That's how he came about the reason. I have already requested my surgery pictures today. I do know that I didn't have to drink the leak test stuff in the hospital because they said it was no need. I have a close friend that had the surgery in march of 2012, she referenced me to her surgeon for a second opinion. Once I have all that I need to know I will glad upload pics and paper.

This is not something that I came up with. As I have stated in previous post. I have never felt ANY of the things that you all have felt. I was in weds and out Friday on the treadmill sat and back at work on Monday. With not a on e of Any pain Meds. I walk and or work out 5 days a week. I eat what I am suppose to. I live with someone who had the surgery 6 months before me so if I were eat wrong she would have let me know. Only thing that she has ever said to me was that she thinks that I drink to much Protein. I am very afraid of losing my hair. My doc td me as long as I get my Protein in I should be fine. So I drink protein all day long. Drinking wise I probably get 120 grams a day not including the food I eat.

This is already a stressful thing for me so please please don't tell me I am confused about something that my SURGEON has told me. Weather it be right or wrong I no what was said to me. So I am now taking it to the me t level to get the problem fixed. Once again I just wanted to know of any surgeons I. My area or has anyone ever went thru this before.

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Cut your Protein in half... Excess protein is stored on the body if not used. 120+ and food is wayyyy too much.

I hope this works out for you :(

Sorry your having to go thru this... I posted to you on another thread. Take care!!

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In northern va. My surgery was at 9 I was in revelry u til 4. Woke extremely hungry but the urad wouldn't let me eat until the doctor came. He didnt come until the next morning he told me I didn't have to take the leak test and I could eat. I had two cups of chicken broth and one orange Jello and a cup of lemon crystal light. I will remember this forever. And that is be ause the nurse kept telling me I was the only one able to eat and walk for 20 mins or more. I litteray felt like I hadn't had anything done. I thought it was because of my age and because I have never been a lazy person. I'm a do it your self type girl.

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Sounds like a malpractice suit. There's no way possible you could have stretched ...like others said...you would have a leak along the suture line before "stretching" since you're so early out. Not to be funny...but it sounds like no surgery was ever performed.

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Sounds like a malpractice suit. There's no way possible you could have stretched ...like others said...you would have a leak along the suture line before "stretching" since you're so early out. Not to be funny...but it sounds like no surgery was ever performed.

If I was to have a leak would I be in some type of pain or anything? Fever pain or anything

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Yea you would be sick. It sounds like your doctor didn't do the surgery correct.

Who is your doctor?

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Cut your Protein in half... Excess Protein is stored on the body if not used. 120+ and food is wayyyy too much.

I hope this works out for you :(

Sorry your having to go thru this... I posted to you on another thread. Take care!!

Yes starting this week I have cut back to one drink and the rest Water. My primary told me to try that also. When I asked the surgeon today he told me that was fine but I have to disagree so I'm cutting back for two weeks to see if that works.

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That's what I thought. I have been sick. Or felt any pain or anything. I snapped back to my life like nothing ever happen. My surgery was with blueprint surgical group

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